Monday, October 27, 2008

ROH to feature a 70's style

http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/7224/

Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer is reporting that Ring of Honor has appointed Adam Pearce to be the new head booker of the company. It is also reported that there will be a drastic change in the style of wrestling they promote. Instead of high impact, hardcore action, the company will go with a more "1970's" style. They want to present more clear cut babyfaces and heels, and less high spots

While this sounds like a horrible idea on the surface it may actually be a good product. The first problem is that you cannot ever refer to your product as something resembling nearly 40 years ago. I am all for ROH using a simpler format and not having their wresters kill themselves, but it should be a gradual change. If they come out at their next show and have wrestlers work restholds for 20 minutes then they will completely kill their company. If the change slowly takes place oer a period of a year, then maybe their small but loyal fanbase will learn to grow with it.

Either way, ROH's next show is 11/07 in Montreal, and I think the wrestling community will be very interested with the new product that is presented.

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